Jean Bouin run Barcelona. Annual running even in Barcelona end of November. One of Spain's oldest athletics races. The Jean Bouinhas 13 races of various categories and distances - including several for participents with disabilities. The biggest race is the Cursa Open, the Open Race. The Jean Bouin run was started in Barcelona in 1920 by a group of journalists and sports promoters, who were passionate about athletics, called Josep Anton Trabal, Lluís Meléndez and Rossend Calvet. > Date of Cursa Jean BouinThe event is named after the legendary French athlete, Jean Bouin, who was the runner-up in the Stockholm Olympics of 1912, holder of various world records between 1911 and 1913 and killed in action during the First World War. There are usually around 5,500 places in the Jean Bouin run. Online registrations are open 6-8 weeks before the run and you usually register until midnight a week before the event. The race start area is at the Fira Montjuic near Plaza Espanya on Plaça Marquès de Foronda - Barcelona. Visit our events calendar for more details of this 10k run.>Calendar of Barcelona running events >Book hotels in center Barcelona >Apartments in Barcelona